Browsing Tag: Tablet

"I don’t care about creating the iPad killer. I care about the 3 billion people who can afford this device."

And the project’s entire premise — that India can make a cheap tablet computer that will somehow make up for failures of the country’s crippled education system — is fundamentally flawed, according to some experts in education and manufacturing.

The first manufacturing unit of Aakash, the world’s cheapest net access and computing tablet device, as well as the headquarters of Datawind, the maker of the device, in India will be established in Amritsar.

And there, buried in its pink pages, is where he sees it: A tiny news brief announcing the Indian government’s extension of a contract tender to build an ultra-cheap tablet computer for the masses.

India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty. ...latest in a series of "world's cheapest" innovations in India that include a $2,040 compact Nano car, a $15 water purifier and $2,000 open-heart surgery.

The Indian government late last week unveiled a concept tablet computer set to sell for a mere 1,500 (rupees), or about $35 USD. Shockingly, the price could drop even further for a device that features touchscreen capabilities and solar power options.